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...They] have announced that they will study labor in this country under the guidance of Charles Bedaux...
...prompt applause from both of U. S. Labor's bitterly warring factions. President William Green of A. F. of L. said it "fairly represented the attitude of American labor." President Francis J. Gorman of C. I. O.'s United Textile Workers "reminded" the Windsors that Efficiency Expert Bedaux "made his money from the sweat of the textile workers...
...Prince of Wales in 1924. He announced that he had telephoned the Duke of Windsor to offer to resign in favor of a less unpopular guide. The Duke's reply was "Charles, pay no attention to these low accusations. Go right ahead." Trying to obey, Efficiency Expert Bedaux encountered more obstacles. Said he the next afternoon: "Up to 1 o'clock I was very gay. Since then something has happened. . . ." Whether or not the something was a refusal by the State Department to accord royal status to the Duchess of Windsor, Efficiency Expert Bedaux would...
Tail of Efficiency Expert Bedaux's meteoric career across U. S. front pages last week was a cablegram couched in politely medieval salutations and released to the press by Arthur Kudner, Inc. Said the cablegram: "Sire: I respectfully sug gest and in your behalf implore that you relieve me completely from all my duties in connection with your American tour. I remain, Sire, your devoted friend, Charles E. Bedaux...
...Paris last week, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor began to weaken about their U. S. tour after their first telephone conversation with Charles Bedaux. Next day, they decided to go ahead with it anyway. Day before the Bremen - chosen for the voyage because, unlike American and French liners, she does not call at ports in England - was to sail, the Windsors lunched at the British Embassy, went back to the Hotel Meurice to finish packing their 20 trunks and 50 suitcases. Late that afternoon, the Windsor Housing Tour of the U. S. reached its final anticlimax. This...